NTFS (New Technology File System) is the default file system for Windows NT and its derivatives (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server - 2003 and 2008).
NTFS was developed when Microsoft decided to create Windows NT: WinNT as an operating system should be more complete and reliable, did not serve as the FAT file system because of its limitations and lack of resources. At the time, the company wanted to grab a slice of the market occupied by Unix. Previously, Microsoft had tried to do this in partnership with IBM, launching the OS / 2 - though the two companies disagreed on certain points and ended up breaking the covenant. The OS / 2 used the file system HPFS (High Performance File System - File System High Performance), whose concepts ultimately serving as the basis for NTFS.
